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How is this poll managing to be so even?!? You guys are killing me lol

I only came here to say, in this writing project I'm working on, the main character is writing home, and as I was writing it, I was worried that it wouldn't be long enough. So here I am thinking, oh, this letter will be short ha ha ha, so silly me, even though I'm hand-writing this in a paper notebook, I decide to get silly with the margins. Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa turns out this letter was actually suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper fucking long because of course it is. So this letter is going to take up at least a few pages in my notebook--but I mean, honestly, it probably would have still taken up at least a few pages in my notebook if I hadn't gotten silly with the margins.

Well, it's not going to write itself.

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You are a fan of internationally-acclaimed K-pop group Huntrix. They drop a new single to wild success and its debut performance is canceled without clear explanation. Huntrix's management says something about a medical condition with the lead singer.

At the same time a new boyband debuts with a song that tops all the charts. The boyband doesn't seem to have a management company. Or names. Maybe that doesn't matter because their sound IS catchy. Huntrix is completely out of the public eye except for two appearances alongside this new boyband where they are there exclusively to beef. It's maybe a PR stunt. It's maybe because Rumi is exes with one of the only two named members of the Saja Boys.

People start going missing at a rate 4x the national average. You probably wouldn't even know about this except that 3 of the missing people were big names on Stan Twitter so it's kind of a big deal. There are four different high-traction posts claiming all the recent missing people were Saja Boy fans. But that's like claiming all the recent missing people drank water and breathed air.

Rumi is still on medical leave but Huntrix management is saying Huntrix WILL be at the K-pop Awards. Someone on Twitter's uncle's friend works in a recording studio and he says Huntrix is debuting a song which tells the Saja Boys to die. The exes theory gets a lot of traction. Twitter tries to doxx Jinu to confirm the theory but no one can figure out who he is. Twitter tries to doxx the other Saja Boys to the same lack of success. One account said she had "a lead" but her Twitter has been silent for 72 hours since.

Rumi is back from medical leave for the K-pop Awards just in time to have a massive falling-out and break-up on stage. This probably devastated you but you don't really remember it. The Saja Boys invite everyone to a concert. A lot of people who went don't remember going, and you'd call that suspicious except you also went and don't remember going.

Somehow no one in the crowd of 10,000 thought to record the concert on their phone. Maybe there was a "no phones" rule but usually there are still leaks. No one has any video or photo evidence of this concert happening. However you all collectively remember hearing "What It Sounds Like" at the concert (before it debuted 4 days later from Huntrix's label.) This does not make a lot of sense because this was a Saja Boys concert, supposedly. Someone says they saw Zoey impale at least one of the Saja Boys. You would brush this off as a stupid rumor but 2-dozen other people are saying the same thing and you a little bit remember it too.

There's a lot of people saying "Let's wait for an official statement from the Saja Boys" on Twitter but they've been saying that for 2 weeks now and no one has seen or heard from them since the concert. There's a lot of people saying "Zoey killed them fr" which was a joke at first and now, is not not a joke, but it hits a little different.

Most of you are kinda over SB Twitter at this point so you kind of don't care anymore but there are a few remaining fans who've doubled down on the doxxing effort to figure out if they're okay. It's not going well. One person claims to have found Jinu's identity but everyone thinks she's stupid because that guy died literally 400 years ago. YES the royal court's painting of him looks identical and yes that guy was a singer too, but come on, the K-pop look is 90% make-up anyway.

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new ice cream flavors:

in which blood is spilled

oil on canvas

the people's flavor

strawberry in repose

birthday clown

butter pecan: the reckoning

carboniferous crunch

burnt

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When I sent my ex to jail, one of the suppositions their lawyers made was that I was upset that my ex had recently come out as trans.

My dad is fucking trans.

I identify as non-binary.

Who fucking CARES about genitals. All genitals can be mushed together in pleasurable ways. Any one human could theoretically bring pleasure to any other. As long as it's consensual. And it doesn't even have to be sexual pleasure. Why are USians fucking obsessed with sex??

The fucking PROBLEM with pedophiles is, children generally haven't finished going through puberty. They don't have the same level of life experience as you have. Normal children who haven't been hurt aren't thinking about sex or pleasing you the adult. They're thinking about toys and school. Or they should be. Maybe they're thinking about recess or watching their favorite TV show or movie.

In fact, I would argue as someone who has never understood why sexual jokes and innuendos are funny and need to be pointed out with tireless juvenility, I probably have more in common with children than a pedophile, who in the end, is only out to satisfy themself. No matter the cost. No matter the consquences.

The fucking problem is, pedophiles are created. But they choose to continue to fucking exist like that instead of getting some fucking therapy for the trauma and damage caused to them.

The only thing damaging the majority of trans people is having to grow and exist inside the wrong shape of box. Trans watermelons didn't ask to be grown in pentagonal boxes. Trans cherries didn't ask to be grown into the shape of stars. And you're probably mad that someone else chose the wrong shape of box for you, too.

There are no more or less, proportionally, trans pedos, than there are black people who are pedos or cis-men who are pedos or teachers who are pedos.

The only fucking reason black neighborhoods appear to have more crime is that they get more negative attention from the police. The only fucking reason people who believe trans people are more likely to be pedos is, these people are seeing the world through their predator glasses, the same fucking way a person with a gun sees everything as a fucking gun.

It is NOT the trans community's fucking problem that you a predator see nothing but a world full of other fucking predators.

How fucking dare you poison others with your vileness.

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It's a little surprising that the "Monday's child is fair of face" nursery rhyme never caught on as an arbitrary personality-assigner in the same way astrology did. It makes the same amount of sense.

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I sent a pedophile to jail.

I slept next to that pedophile for three. Fucking. Years.

Those same three years, I also happened to slept next to a trans person who had been coming to the realization for years that they were trans.

One of these things was fine with me. One of these things is the reason I called the police on my ex. Guess fucking what. I'm not a petty piece of shit. I didn't fucking call the police because I was mad the relationship was over. I didn't call the fucking police of all fucking people because my ex was a "tranny".

Not all pedophiles are trans.

Not all trans people are pedophiles.

What about all the fucking cops and teachers and religious leaders who are pedophiles?? Is anon as mad about them? I fucking bet not. I fucking am. Actually, I'm more mad about adults in positions of power preying on children than I am about some faceless random trans person in a crowd of people.

Trans people, trans-men and trans-women alike, make up such a small percentage of the population.

They don't make up any disproportionate amount of good people or bad people as a subset of humanity. Trans people are fucking human, just like you, anon. Normal fucking people. Some of them are good, some of them are bad. How fucking dare you paint a whole population with one fucking brush. Are all black people bad? Are all teachers bad?? I didn't fucking think so. Fuck you, anon. Loser, hiding behind your fucking keyboard.

Why doesn't this pathetic anon go actually talk to some good trans people?? With a fucking open mind, you loser.

Educate your-fucking-self. You evidently have the entire internet at your fucking disposal.

I used to really like your art until the tranny shit. I can't believe you support child predators and fetishists.

We need to stop normalizing this disgusting fetish and start seeing it for what it is: a way to groom children and a sexual fetish.

PSA if you're a TERF or a transphobe you can fuck right off & unfollow me right now. I don't need or want your views, your time, or your money. when I made the Fix Your Hearts or Die art I meant every word and every brush stroke.

and if you're just now realizing that I support trans rights then I don't believe for a fuckin second that you "used to like my art". I've been doing fundraisers for trans lifeline & trevor project for YEARS.

FOH. trans rights are human rights. fix your fuckin hearts before the hate rots through you and there's nothing left.

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> looking at a new popular collectible

> ask the people if it's objects or gambling

> they don't understand

> pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is objects and what is gambling

> they laugh and say "it's a good collectible sir"

> look up how to buy a collectible

> its gambling

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I'm going to try something while my sister is out for the next few days: The puppies need to be walked, but all three dogs need and deserve time to be focused on.

So this morning, I took the Aussie-corgi out and man, the whole neighborhood was out this morning. Yesterday, we had some insane wind. Things got knocked over, thrown across whole yards. My successful pepper got knocked off its stake. Unfortunately, I have no fucking idea where my twine is because my dad must've figured I wasn't using it. Look, it stays accessible because I literally never know when I'm going to use it. Whatever. We just come up in spaces that other people work in and take over and dump our own shit all over.

My sister just picked tomatoes on Friday and even though it was stormy as hell yesterday, I still picked a bulging pocketful of tomatoes. Why yes, when I pick my produce, I do simply shove it in my pocket. Especially when I've got my cargo pants on 🤤 I love my cargo pants. Don't you shove tomatoes in YOUR pockets??

Anyway, I'm waiting for them to boil down a bit so I can can them. My sister wanted me to make salsa, but I already canned the peppers, I can't use cilantro, and we don't have lime juice. So tomato sauce it is. I've already experimented with cold canning whole cherry tomatoes.

I wanted to get at least one pint jar of just our purple tomatoes, and I most definitely have enough tomatoes for that.

But while I'm walking one dog, I'm just going to rue the consequences and put the other two in the garage to play or hang out and eat the recycling. So the puppies are actually still out there.

Ugh, I need a shower.

Over the winter, my bonus goals are to build a vine-plant trellis and to build some tomato frames. I'm going to tie the tomato branches to the front and back of the frame so that it's as organized as a plant can be, and the tomato plants that I grow on these frames won't be allowed to grow out all crazy. But I'm really going to have to secure these frames, just in case this extreme wind ever pops up again. Maybe if I build them as a c-shape, that way I can get to the backs.......or maybe if I make them as a two sided triangle and don't worry about the inside?

I also need some landscaping fabric for these raspberries so they can be successful next year. I'm gonna have to get out really early next year to do a little resurfacing in the current garden, as well as hopefully get some berry fertilizer before I put down landscaping fabric. I also have to get some Japanese beetle prophylactics. Fuck those fuckers.

Do I wanna go for width or depth on the garden next year? I mean, I'm already planning onions, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, at least zucchini, but likely another kind of squash, maybe just pumpkin, a couple of beans--at least green beans and snap peas--strawberries, probably bell peppers, and herbs, so maybe we're past that discussion lol And then, of course, if I can get the produce stand put together, I can sell corn, because I absolutely do not eat corn if I can help it. I get enough from the processed shit that I eat and at least for me, it's just belly filler. Which is fine if you're starving, but we're doing pretty good around here.

Then, weather and health pending, my sister wants me to dig out a second patch, but I'm honestly still not sure if I'll use it.

Ultimate fantasy though? I want a freeze-drier. My sister disagrees, but powdered produce really is the most efficient way to store it, as well as the absolute maximum most flexible way to use it. You can bake powdered strawberries or mushrooms or whatever, into pretty much anything: You could make it into cookies or bread or flavored pasta.

But I'll settle for being able to can soups and meats. I'll settle short-term for a pressure canner.

I'm excited to grow a jarful of dried beans. And then, once the pressure canner is online: Canned beans!

I should get some pint produce cartons too.

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Personally, I don't use any cough syrups or sprays or any of that. Do NOT take this as me virtue signaling. I have personal health reasons that I don't use cough syrup and such.

This is for those who do.

PSA:

Acetaminophen/paracetamol has a hard stop upper dose limit, above which it becomes extremely toxic.

That limit is 4g (8 “extra strength” (500mg) tablets) in 24 hours (about 2 tablets every 6 hours).

A single dose of 22 extra strength tablets can kill you.

Taking 12 or more tablets per day for more than a week can also kill you (this is about 3 tablets every 6 hours).

Symptoms of overdose take up to 24 hours to manifest, and are fairly difficult to distinguish from other problems. They include abdominal pain (especially right upper quadrant), nausea, malaise, and confusion.

The antidote (n-acetylcystine) must be given within 8hours of ingestion in order to be useful.

After 10 hours the only thing that will work is a liver transplant.

You might think “why would I ever accidentally take so much?”

Well, acetaminophen is in almost everything in the cold/flu/pain aisle. Migraine combos like Excedrin, cold and flu combos like NyQuil, basically anything that says “non-aspirin pain relief”, and anything that’s branded as a fever reducer. It’s all probably acetaminophen/paracetamol.

So the goal of this post is to get you to read the labels on your medications. Because taking taking Tylenol and NyQuil together for a week (like you might if you had the flu) could kill you.

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a collection of my favorite tweets regarding the Ever Given in the Suez Canal

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i’m watching an art theft documentary and they’re interviewing this art history professor from new york who was asked to go with the fbi to authenticate a rubens that had been stolen but it was a sting operation so they had to pretend like they weren’t the fbi, that they were some private buyer about to pay $3.5 million for it, and the fbi was like “this is a VERY delicate operation because you never know how they will react to what you have to say so let the agent do all of the talking, don’t say a word to anyone just nod if it’s the rubens, the last operation we did the guy in your position got shot because things went wrong in a second” and then it cuts to the professor’s interview and he says “i wasn’t going to fly down to miami to be a part of an undercover fbi sting operation to handle what could be rubens’s aurora and just NOT say anything. i was gonna have to ad lib a little” and then he tells the interviewer that when he & the fbi agent got to the hotel while he was examining the painting he started lecturing the other people, first on how badly they had wrapped it, and then about like how it had been painted, the history of it, what the subject was and what she was doing, etc etc, and he was like “i hadn’t taught a class on rubens in 15 years, so for me it was like being back in the classroom except my students couldn’t leave” 

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A few days ago, I was at page 65 in my current notebook. Today, I started at page seventy and got to nearly page 75. It's aaaaalllllllllllll downhill from here. I've got mountains of notes and nothing but time. I really ought to get my tablet to the library, but also, I have a bunch of chores: I have to change some litter boxes and groom eight cats and try to bathe four of them without bleeding out. I also should get the laundry room swept and mopped, and eventually, this coming week, I should get the stairs mopped and swept and also, get the upstairs bathroom cleaned up a bit.

This coming week, my sister wants me to finish putting stuff up on the walls for the cats. I can't just sit here and hyperfixate on my writing. Not to mention, I also have to spend some time downstairs so that my sister's cats have time to socialize, and that the dogs can spend some additional time out of their kennels. Hhhhhhhhhhhh.........

Sadly, my sister wasn't in to the original Wonder Woman TV show. I thought it was great fun. I could take my tablet downstairs and do some writing.

Monday, I think I'm going to start making some calls about volunteering. I don't think I've mentioned, but I spoke to someone about ideas to get into my community. I talk a big talk about getting into your communities. Well, the person I was speaking to said she found her current job by volunteering. At the very least, it'll get me out of the house and socializing with people in the community.

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